The Telangana government is all set to reserve 50% of seats in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation polls that are to take place shortly. The 1955 GHMC Act is being amended to provide for this reservation that will allot 75 out of the total 150 seats to women candidates.
The Cabinet also decided to amend laws to provide for changes in the functions of municipal ward committees and reservation of wards. The deadline for online uploading of information about landed properties has been extended by 10 days up to October 20. It also discussed the Integrated Township Policy under the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).
It also went on to amend the laws to manage the paddy procurement issues that occur year after year. The Cabinet resolved that there is to be no deadline for these purchases and that the government is to continue till the last grain is procured from farmers in the Kharif harvest.
The Cabinet approved another Bill allowing the people to apply online for converting their agriculture land into non-agriculture land under the Non-Agricultural Lands Assessment Act (NALA). While this had been existing in an offline format, this has now been altered to suit the current scenario and operate in the absence of a human interface.